Today's post is about London-based band Wolf Alice, which completely rocked my world when I first discovered them in 2017. (Side note: I'm still salty that I arrived so late to the game considering how big they've gotten since they first started out in 2012. Alas, better late than never.)

For me, their music is a winning formula. If you like 90s alternative rock & grunge, accompanied by shredding guitar solos reminiscent of the glory days of classic rock, with a dash of etherial shoe gaze sublimeness to transport you to heaven (whatever that may be), then Wolf Alice is the band for you.

Sometimes I'll listen to them and just be like, "Damn. I can't believe these are people from my generation, Christ". Why such a strong reaction? Well, in my opinion, they're just in a different league than everyone else. They just are. 

Yes, we are blessed! But also cursed... it's been nearly 3 years since their last album (no singles released in between). But when new music is finally released (word on the street is that they've already started recording since January 2020), you can be sure that I'm buying that third album!

"All hail Wolf Alice, four U.K. twentysomethings who have not gotten the memo about rock not mattering anymore. On a second album that dares to both sprawl skyward and focus its volume introspectively they fashion clouds of guitar noise into a crown for singer-guitarist Ellie Rosewell. It glitters seductively, but it will draw blood if you step to her wrong."  - Laura Allard Fleischl, Rolling Stone 

Music and politics have always been intertwined, and Wolf Alice isn't afraid to confront political and social injustices when they see it: 

Excerpt below is  from 9/29/17 Guardian article.

 [One thing they have made a concerted effort to change is their political presence. They do not write songs about societal ills, but they did play at the Tories Out march and a charity gig in aid of refugee children, while Rowsell fronted a video on behalf of Labour ahead of the general election urging new voters to register. Indie bands had seemed relatively apathetic about politics until the past few years of global turbulence (the Horrors' Faris Badwan once said "politics doesn't mean anything to me"). 

"People are taking individual responsibility so bad things like Trump and Brexit don't happen again," says Ellis. "Because if you don't do anything, they will."

The band agree they must articulate their political viewpoints given their influence on younger fans. But how do they feel about Ed Sheeran staying silent in the runup to the election? "He did [say something]," Rowsell says. "But it was afterwards, when everyone was calling him a Tory for not saying anything. He was like: 'Everyone's calling me a Tory but I'm Jeremy Corbyn's No 1 fan.' Why didn't you say that before?"]